Cha Cha: The Woman Who Built Drag Racing

from History You Didn't Ask For · host Nikki

The NHRA spent years trying to keep Shirley Muldowney off the track. She spent those same years winning. This is the story of the first woman licensed to drive a Top Fuel dragster — what it took to get that license, what she did with it, and what the sport did to her legacy after they couldn't stop her anymore.

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